VANT - Fly-By Alien

1.    Who are these heroic bruisers?

VANT are a pivotal punk band from London, England. Rarking it up since 2014 and with three short players on their roll of honor, Fly-By Alien (Feb’16) comes belting off their third EP Fly-By Alien (Feb'16).


2. What kind of brickbat are VANT swinging?

Fly-By Alien is a killer punk tune with contrasting rhythms and a healthy serve for self-centred people blinded by the search for emphemeral pleasures. A banger.


3. Who do VANT sound somewhat similar to?

Pretty Vicious, Asylums and The Vines.

4. What have the saints of the fourth estate said about Fly-By Alien?

“Focuses it’s aggression so vehemently” – Noisy Vice.


“Sneers and spits against the apathy of his generation” – DIY.

“A maelstrom of irrepressible melody” – Piccadilly Records.

5. Which bands showed the way for VANT?

VANT get their fire from The Kinks, Fugazi, The Clash and Rage Against The Machine.

6. Why should I give Fly-By Alien a lash?

VANT are one of the hottest bands in England at the minute and the future of rock’n’roll. One of the very few bands who matter, Fly-By Alien continues VANT's fine tradition of rocking first and having a word to the wise later.

7. What other bangers are these heroes slinging?

Parking Lot, The Answer, and Do You Know? are a triumvirate of killer tunes that bang so hard they need to come with an orthopedic surgeons warning.

8. Any more words fool?

VANT have fronted for bands like Royal Blood, FIDLAR and The Bohicas and are taking Get Inuit out to fluff for them in April.

“If you are asleep but won’t dream,

You are a cog in the machine”

Hot Action Cop are a funky alternative rock band out of Nashville, Tennessee. Started in 2001 they have two long players under the bed. Their debut album Hot Action Cop (2003) was led by the single Fever For The Flava that became a soundtrack favorite and Sputnik Music said the band is “infamous for their funk-metal energy and copulation encouraging lyrics.” The men are good for a laugh and the music is the business.

“Gonna strip you down like a car in the barrio”

 

The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - King No-One

King No-One Constellations (Sept’15) has been called "upbeat and intoxicating" by Bitter Sweet Symphonies and "swimming in encapsulating bluesy bass, the track dives the ears into sweet indie-pop contagion..." Personally I like it a lot. King No-One are teenagers from York, England, who started playing in 2012 and It's All Indie said they are "suited to a stadium" and have "a belter of a tune."

 

 

King No-One are already have two short-players under their belt and Constellations is the title track of their second EP. They have been compared to Suede and Radiohead by Listen With Monger who went on to say Constellations has a "...sexy, snaking, slinky guitar riff and some indie-disco swagger."  The band are influenced by the likes of Swim Deep, The Killers and Vampire Weekend. Constellations is indie rock at it's best, mixing the finest traditions of both indie-pop and driving guitar rock. It's the kind of song that saunters into the bar wearing snake-skin boots and a shit-eating grin, and smelling of last night’s girl. I'd bet dimes to dollars that Constellations is one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“The abstract observaton

I never want to let it go”

 

 

Shit you need to know:

In 2013 King No-One won a Leed’s battle of the bands and went on to play the Leeds and Reading Festivals.

They have been described as "...Catfish & The Bottlemen meets Earth, Wind & Fire... as energetic guitar vitality meets a dancing groove." They have been compared to Radio Head who they are fans of.

Other influences are The Arctic Monkeys, Ian Brown, Shed Seven, The Strokes and Franz Ferdianand.

The BBC reviewer Alan Raw said King No-One are "...incredibly tight, really professional and a brilliant band."
King No-One toured supporting popular English indie rock band Embrace.

The band are well known for busking around their hometown York.

The band are tipped for big things but they will play house parties! For real.

If you need more scintillating indie rock from King No-One check out the live version of "Constellations" or this barn burner, "Millenium" (Mar'14).

Todays follow up is from “epic purveyors of melodically charged alternative pop” London indie pop rockers Longfellow. Influenced by Jeff Lyne, Tom Petty and Toto, they are one of the greatest, unheralded, bands I have ever heard.  This beautiful and emotive song, Siamese Lover, was released in January 2014 and was one of their earliest singles.